DGCA Approved License For Third Airport Of Odisha & It’s In Rourkela!

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The industry capital of India-Rourkela, has got its’ new year gift from the Civil Aviation Ministry yesterday through DGCA.

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Now the city airport becomes the third airport of Odisha to get license from DGCA to function like any other big airports of India.

This will help the smart city people to get connected to the rest of the India said DGCA.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued license for third airport of Odhisa on 7/1/19 for Rourkela; also known to be the industrial capital of the state of #Odhisa. It will pave opportunities to connect the steel city with rest of the nation. #SabUdenSabJuden

Rourkela aerodrome which was still waiting to become a full fledged airport has gone through many ups and downs in the last few years. After the failure of the central govt.s UDAN scheme and AIR Odisha’s inability to function in Rourkela, this project seemed difficult to kickstart again.

The owner of Rourkela Airport is the Steel Authority Of India and a memorandum was singed between SAIL & Airport Authority of India earlier to establish an airport in Smart city.

Currently there’re 2 airports in Odisha. One is Biju Patnaik Airport at Bhubaneswar & another is VSS Aiport in Jharsuguda.